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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.236-27 Site Visit (Construction).

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This solicitation provision tells offerors that the Differing Site Conditions and Site Investigation clauses will be in any resulting contract, and that they are urged and expected to inspect the work site. It matters because inspecting the site helps contractors understand conditions before pricing the work.

Applies to: Offerors or quoters on construction solicitations

Key terms: Differing Site Conditions · Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work · offerors · quoters · organized site visit

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 36.523, insert a provision substantially the same as the following:

Site Visit (Construction) (FEB 1995)

(a) The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed.

(b) Site visits may be arranged during normal duty hours by contacting:

(End of provision)

Alternate I (FEB 1995). If an organized site visit will be conducted, substitute a paragraph substantially the same as the following for paragraph (b) of the basic provision:

(b) An organized site visit has been scheduled for—

[Insert date and time]

(c) Participants will meet at—

[Insert location]

(End of provision)

Sections it refers to

  • 36.523 Site visit.
  • 52.236-2 Differing Site Conditions.
  • 52.236-3 Site Investigation and Conditions Affecting the Work.

Sections that refer to it

← 52.236-26 Preconstruction Conference. · 52.236-28 Preparation of Proposals—Construction. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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